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December 1, 2007 sankarshan

Last time there was a talk about connection quality is a hindrance towards encouraging FOSS contributions – it was hotly disputed. However, this is a step towards proving that wrong.

As an aside, check this front page.

A collection of jottings on various issues that excite no one else

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  • Long form post from my talk at FUDCon.in 2015
  • Confusing the locale for the language
  • A good nine years.

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  • Bookmarked: We ‘Care’ About Our Data Privacy, But Not Enough To Read The Terms of Service…
    I bookmarked We ‘Care’ About Our Data Privacy, But Not Enough To Read The Terms of Service… on Medium.
  • Bookmarked: Technological Books you should read in 2020
    I bookmarked Technological Books you should read in 2020 on Medium.
  • Bookmarked: The Influencer and the Hit Man: How a Years-Long Domain Name Feud Ended in a Bloody Shootout
    I bookmarked The Influencer and the Hit Man: How a Years-Long Domain Name Feud Ended in a Bloody Shootout on Medium.

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RSS Books on my bookshelf

  • Assam: The Accord, The Discord
    author: Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.75 book published: rating: 0 read at: 2019/12/08 date added: 2019/12/08 shelves: review:
  • Radical Equality: Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the Risk of Democracy
    author: Aishwary Kumar name: Sankarshan average rating: 0.0 book published: 2015 rating: 0 read at: date added: 2019/12/06 shelves: currently-reading review:
  • The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy
    author: James M. Buchanan name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.98 book published: 1962 rating: 0 read at: date added: 2019/12/04 shelves: to-read review:
  • The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation
    author: Robin Pogrebin name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.69 book published: rating: 0 read at: date added: 2019/12/03 shelves: to-read review:
  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
    author: Bryan Stevenson name: Sankarshan average rating: 4.63 book published: 2014 rating: 0 read at: date added: 2019/12/03 shelves: to-read review:
  • Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and Political Economy
    author: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd name: Sankarshan average rating: 4.33 book published: rating: 0 read at: date added: 2019/12/03 shelves: review:

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RSS Word of the day

  • Are These “Immigrant,” “Ex-pat,” And “Alien” Synonyms?
    The words "immigrant," "expat," and "alien" all have some history and tensions behind them. Is one word better to use than the others? This man helps us figure it out.The post Are These “Immigrant,” “Ex-pat,” And “Alien” Synonyms? appeared first on Everything After Z by Dictionary.com.
  • Dictionary.com’s Winter Break Word Challenges For Kids
    Ah, winter break. That welcome respite from homework, early morning alarms, and packing lunches … well, for about the first four hours anyway. That’s generally when the kids’ cries of “I’m bored!” start echoing through the house, and you contemplate how long you can get away with sending them outside when the weather is something […]

RSS Random Quotes

  • Sir Winston Churchill
    "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
  • Alvin Toffler
    "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."

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Blogroll

  • Bona tempora volvant–by Guy Kawasaki
  • David Miller’s Networking Blog
  • Deliberately different blog
  • FLOSS in India
  • G Reynold’s blog on issues related to professional presentation design
  • Hold Open The Glass Door…Please
  • Interfaces and Interoperability
  • Kingsley 2.0
  • Kushal’s rants on FLOSS and life
  • Moved by Freedom, Powered by Standards
  • Paul Kim’s Blog
  • Sayamindu
  • Soumyadip Modak on random things that interest him
  • Through Myopic Eyes
  • Ulrich Drepper’s Blog
  • XPlane

FLOSS jottings

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  • Planet FLOSS India
  • The Free Software Foundation

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